R Hendel Lieberman, "father" of Chasidic Art, Tannis Esther 2026 is his 50th Yahrtzeit- RC Dalfin

Today is the 50th year site of Raendel Lieberman Raendel Futafas the older oldest the older brother of Raendel Futafas was born in 1900 and passed away put him n of Purim kind of today 50 years ago I want to tell you a little bit about him he was my father-in-law's uncle my wife's great uncle he visited them in Australia so I know a little bit about him and I had an interesting conversation with my father-in-law about him once. Rapendle was learned actually in labichendas didn't because he was born in 1907. Rapendle was born in 1900. So as a young boy there was a a group of talmid from I think another where they they came to learn in the in the in labav in 1911. So later he became an artist. He went to Adessa and became an artist and he's the father figure known as the firstidic artist. Everyone have seen his beautiful art where he depicts actual scenes of sitting and learning sarv with a samar on the table and the kdes and many rich rich pictures or the famous the bump and the wagon with the 10 the 10 people which I spoke about I believe once. Anyway, so Rhendel had a very difficult life. I mean living through Russia and communism and all that. And then Nebuchadne related to um Kagan and also to the one of the freedmans not not a rum freed family. They're from Galitzia, I believe. But the Russian freedman from Milano there was a a freerman anyway and Nebach they I was told that he saw the way in I think it was in I forget where Sabar where they actually killed his wife and two children they murdered in front of him and he had a very difficult time with this. My told me that uh they worked very hard to he he went into kind of a depression and he was mench and the the family and others you know worked with him and uh supported him and reached out to him and and they brought him back and they brought him back into the the into the world of and or malice and all of that. There's a picture one p in his book that was put out by the kay art gallery Zev Marowitz there's a picture there of how he looked when when he was during when he how he looked he made a picture of himself how he looked during that time which is a very sad picture but he he they he expressed his feelings through art. He came to America in the early 1950s either 1951, 52, 53, very early on and the Reba took a liking to him and the Reb Mameish rebuilt him. I believe at that time also he was diagnosed with Yamaha of the stomach or something in the stomach ulcers and and um the Reb he gave he wanted to give up. He was very depressed. He lost everything and the Reba wrote to him and encouraged him and the Rebbitson too. He used to speak a lot to the Rebbitson in Russian. They enjoyed speaking in Russian and he was the same age as the Rebend Rebbitson. He was older than than than both really I think was born 1901 and Hendle was handle was born 1900. Anyway, the Rebend Rebbitson you could say kind of saved his life and he had 20 25 more years or so 20 24 whatever whatever whenever he came he lived till 1976. Hendle Hendel was we used to call him in the family we call him Fet Hendel the uncle because he was an uncle to the Shentos Bransonskis. Okay. So the fact that handle would was was a jokester have an artist a friendic artist in Pittsburgh Rafal Eisenberg who's used to hang out with with fat and handling told me stories used to eat with him sometimes he he was a fra person my friend told me interesting little story just to to show this so fetal had a I guess an uncle or a cousin that Mendel Mendel Dichch Mendel Dichch the the grandfather of the diches and for a while I think he was living with Mendel dich now fact Hendel wanted to would listen to the news on the radio mendel dich was you know fumid in a sense and he was didn't want to listen to have that play my when he came to America in 1958 my father-in-law so he stayed he stayed there But he stayed there very often at night or two and that he had to leave. Why? Because his uncle his two uncle this Mendel Dich and and and Fet Hendel were going at each other ABOUT THIS RADIO PLAYING THE RADIO SHUT THE radio and he I think he told me at one point Mendel Dich threw the radio out the window on the floor broke it. It was Leb was Lebik and Freigh. But you you're talking about a the handle was a was a you know a happy guy happy go-lucky you know after this encouragement of the reb to continue in other words by nature he wasn't a depressed person and when I spoke to mash about him once he told me handle was garandish in other words I asked him you know about how to compare him to to mendle and he says hendle was you know he would cook And he would clean he he was my action you know mend men was you know handle was and and my said that the he alluded my wouldn't even say say the details but I understood you know it was half words because he went through so much the the feeling of closeness between you know my my father-in-law and his and his uncle was very very tight and and he made he he said like you know it was it was very different. It was a different a different you know they cooked together in Melbourne in their little house and my wife told me she remembers men handle cooking you know Leo everyone remembers he was staying by the faban he was known as the conductor you see pictures and videos Jen puts out the man with a white beard standing on a bench and going like this it's like he come to the fab what's going on here it's a circus that was that was handle handle handle liber It's 50 years of such a ye's you know life and we have his art and we understand what he gave to the Jewish world art and those of you who are artists and even those that are not artists if you look at it and you focus on some of the pictures it'll warm your heart and it'll bring you closer to what what Kabad's all about. The van, the brutes, the love, the togetherness, the sav the you know together all of that is is depicted in his beautiful art. So I just wanted to say by the way he was named after the original kougul was from Plesnets who was aid of the two brothers kougul and kougul and he was named after kougul who just passed away a year before that's he He was the first probably the first one named after him as that's what I think. Anyway, there's much more to say but um let's go to put him with a help that will will have mercy on and quickly end this war in a way that will be victorious over the Yehudin the H generation. these the the the the Iranians who want to those that want to hurt and and other people they wish to help shall be a transformation where everyone will will stop this and will be only goodness and kindness. Amen.